Triple Roles, Worship, and “Period Shaming”: How Muslim Women Maintain Belonging and Connection in Ramadan
Ramadan is a time when Muslims experience an increased connection to God and an increased sense of belonging through communal acts of worship, but Muslim women are often excluded from many acts of worship due to religious restrictions while they are menstruating. This study innovatively applies conc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 4, Pages: 869-884 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Melbourne
/ Muslim woman
/ Menstruation
/ Religious practice
/ Socialization
/ Ramadan
/ Geschichte 2021
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBS Australia; Oceania NBE Anthropology TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Lived Religion B Everyday Religion B mosque B Islam B reconfiguration B masjid B Gender B Australia B Ramadan B Melbourne B Muslim |
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| Summary: | Ramadan is a time when Muslims experience an increased connection to God and an increased sense of belonging through communal acts of worship, but Muslim women are often excluded from many acts of worship due to religious restrictions while they are menstruating. This study innovatively applies concepts of “religious citizenship” and women's “triple roles” drawn from lived religion and feminist literature to a new context of Muslim women and their everyday practices. Based on research with more than 60 culturally diverse Melbourne Muslims who kept anonymous diaries before, during, and after Ramadan 2021, this analysis shows how Muslim women's understandings of religious belonging and connection in Ramadan are shaped by their own reconfigured approaches to worship and socialization alongside their everyday workload. It provides a unique opportunity to investigate the invisible challenges faced by Muslim women in worship and devotion during Ramadan. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12873 |